Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 19:14:32 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: netmonger@genesis.ispace.com (Drew Baxter) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp, doconnor@gsoft.com.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: psm0 on laptops. Message-ID: <199901061914.MAA10179@usr05.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990106130324.00bfa570@genesis.ispace.com> from "Drew Baxter" at Jan 6, 99 01:04:58 pm
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> >Perfect. FreeBSD doesn't use the BIOS for this stuff. > > Alright, so it does probing on bootstrap? So what? that means if it's > there it's there, if it's not its not. Same principle. Besides I do have a > few boards that won't even register the mouse ports existance (I believe my > Shuttle HOT-557 1.5 does this) unless there is a device attached to it. > Makes sense, the PS/2 port is an 'optional component' you have to buy for > 10 bucks. Do you tink the arrival of IRQ 1's that the keyboard controller claims are not coming from the keyboard would be sufficient notification of a PS/2 mouse arriving? ;-). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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